Tire-holder.



G. G. BUCKLAND.

TIRE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I8. 1916.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

UNITED ST.

TES PATENT .OFFICE GEORGE GARDNER BUCKLAND, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TIRE-HOLDER.

To (121? 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BUCKLAND, a. citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco. in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tire- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in pneumatic tire holders for vehicle wheels. The object of the invention is to provide an improved form of tire holder which will not cut the rim when the inner tube is deflated, and which can be quickly detached from, and attached to, a wheel, so that a driver of an automobile on the road can quickly remove a tire which has been punctured or burst. and can replace it with another tire already inflated with a tire holder attached thereto.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of a portion of a wheel constructed in accordance with my invention: Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof; Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are broken crosssectional views of modified forms of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the wooden felly of a wheel. I surround said felly with an endless felly band 2, the marginal portions of the outer surface of which are conical. as shown at 3, i, the inner conical portion 3 being higher than the outer conical portion at. Surrounding the inner and outer conical portions 3, 1, respectively, are inner andouter tire holders 6. 7. Said tire holders comprise -nner members 8, 9, extending in opposite directions toward each other and having their inner surfaces of the same slope relative to the axis of the wheel as the conical marginal portions 3, 4, members 11, 12 extending outwardly in approximately the same planes as the side surfaces of the fellv, and hook-shaped members 13. 11, forming. with the'members 11, 12, annular cavities .or receptacles to receive the cable bases 16 of the casing 17 of the pneumatic tire, which is here shown as of the cable base type. The outer tire holder 7 is also formed with an annular flange 18 extending inwardly closely adjacent to the outer surface of the felly. Through the felly and through this annular flange 18 extend bolts 19 secured by nuts 21 hearing against the flange 18, the heads of said bolts bearing against the inner sides of the telly and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917..

Serial No. 91,899.

felly band 2. members 11, 12 are received in annular channels formed in the inner surface of an endless ring 23 within the casing 17. The tire holders 6 and 7 are out through obli uely, as shown at 10, to permit them to spring into the channels 22 in the ring 23.

Since the ring 23 is uncut and channeled 011 its inner surface and the tire holders are firmly secured in the channels of said ring 23, the parts 23. 6 and 7 operate in the same manner as a one-piece rim, and form a combination rim, and may be so referred to in this specification.

It will be seen that, with this construction. the entire rim and tire can be readily and quickly removed by unscrewing the nuts 21.

The outer tire holder 7 is formed with a number of circumferentially extending slots 26 in which a chisel can'be inserted to aid in removing the rim.

In the modification of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the telly band 2 is not formed with the conical portions, but is cylindrical throughout its entire widtlnand there is provided a ring 27 against the inner side" of the felly and having a wedge-shaped or conical extension 28 surrounding the tellyband, through which ring 27 the bolts .19 extend, as well as through the felly and flange 18. i

In the modification of the invention shown in Fig. at, the telly band 2 isformed with an inwardly extending. flange 29 through which the bolts 19 extend, as well as through the telly and flange 18.

Figs. 5 and 6 show the invention applied to a wire wheel rim.

In Fig. 5 the wire wheel rim 31is formed with two outwardly extending flange-like portions 32, 33, each of which is com l on. its outer edge, the conical members 8 and of the inner and outer holders 6 and 7 resting against said conical outer edges. A. stud bolt 3%, tapped in the flange-like portion extends through the flange 18 of the outer tire holder 7.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 6. the wire wheel rim is formed with a single central outwardly extending flangelike portion 36. the outer edge of which is conical and engages a conical portion of the inner surface of a tire holder 37, which, formed in one piece, takes the place of the inner and outer tire holders 6 and T, a cen tral web 38 connecting members, which are The outwardly extending are I substantially of the same form, and serve the said purpose, as the members 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 of the tire holders 6 and 7. Bolts 39extend through said flange-like portion 36 and through a flange-like member 41 extending inwardly from the web 38.

To apply the tire to the wheel, the endless rim 23 1s first held inside the tire casing .17, then one of the cut ends of either of the 1o.

' permit it to slip within one cable base of tire holders 6- or 7 is sprung inwardly to the tire casing '17 and into the proper the same manner in the other channel,

holders, is ready to slip on the folly band or the tire wheel rim and be tightened by byja vehicle running thereon.

channel 22 of the ring 23, and the end is pressed outward, as shownat 4:0 in Fig; 1, next the other tire holder and is put in place and then the tire, with the ring and tire the bolts.

The tire holders 6 and 7 can be modified to receive the edges of tire casings of th hook typaor to receive solid tires.

I It will readily be seen that, if the inner v2X5 tube should be deflated, norim cutting would result therefrom, which is a common defect in tires of the present construction.

I ain aware that it is not new to provide a tire holder which can be quickly removed from, and attached to, a-wheel, but such tire holders have always heretofore,'so far as my knowledge extends, been of a construction in which the tire is cutwhen deflated I am also aware that it is not new to provide what is called a no-rim-cut tire holder. But no 'such no-rim-cut tire holder has been so. constructed that it could be detached from,

comprising the combination of a ring surrounding the wheel, the inner surface of which on one side of the wheel is channelshaped, an annular channel-shaped the holder, the inner side of which fit's in the channel of said ring, the channel-shaped portion of said tire holder being arranged to receive a base of a tire casing and having formed integral therewith a member extending inwardlyaround the periphery of means for securing the member on the wheel. 2; Means for attaching a tire to a wheel, comprising the combination of a ring surrounding the wheel, the inner surface of which on one side of the wheel is channel- .shaped, an annular channel-shaped tire holder, the inner side of'which fits in the channel of said ring, the channel-shaped portion of said tire holder being arranged to receive a base of a tire casing and having formed integral therewith a member extending inwardly around the periphery of the wheel and arranged to contact therewith to secure said member on said wheel, and having also a member arranged to abut against a side of the wheel, and means for securing the member on the wheel.

3. In means for attaching a tire to a wheel, the combination of a ring, the inner surface of which on both sides of the wheel is channel-shaped, an annular channelshaped tire holder on each side of the wheel, the inner side of which fits in the corresponding channel of said ring, each channelshaped portion of said tire holder being arranged to receive a base of a tire casing and having formed integral therewith a member extending inwardly around the periphery of the wheel and arranged to contact therewith to secure said member on said wheel, and means for securing the member on the wheel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE GARDNER BUCKLAND.

Witnesses:

F. M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

the wheel and arranged to contact therewith to secure said member on said wheel, and 

